At this point, I think your only hope is to go through the reinitialization steps and try to reload the OS. If that fails, the unit is toast.
> On Jan 21, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> On Jan 21, 2020, at 7:50 AM, Andy Ringsmuth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 20, 2020, at 10:58 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the feedback, guys. If it's just a battery issue, I'll likely >>> give it a go. But really, shouldn't it be able to boot up without hanging >>> when connected to power (5V 3.5A)? If so, it's more than the battery and >>> probably not worth it. >>> >>> -Carl >> >> Carl, >> >> Did you try plugging it directly into a Mac and see if it’ll show up in >> iTunes? Or see if anything at all happens? Perhaps it needs to be factory >> reset with a fresh iOS installed on it, which you can do via computer. >> > > Andy, > > Okay, when I connect the iPad directly into a Mac USB port, the iPad icon > does not show up on the iTunes GUI, but (eventually) an alert panel pops up > telling me to unlock the iPad with a passcode. The passcode panel never shows > up on the iPad, just the Apple logo with a frozen circular activity icon, so > there's no way I can unlock it, nor would it likely stay up long enough to do > anything with it in iTunes because after a minute or so the iPad reboots > itself. In this state is there a way to reset it? > > I guess this means the iPad itself is toast, and it's not just a battery > issue? > > -Carl > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
